ʿĀd Tribes Lost City / UBAR / Iram of the Pillars (Shisr ( 'Ād Historical Area)) | ruins, archaeological site

 ruins, archaeological site

Archaeological summary:
Possibly the legendary trade center of UBAR, though there is no archaeological evidence to prove or to falsify it. The site is surprizingly small for a city as legendary as Ubar. Nevertheless: evident is that the site was dwelled since 5000 years because of several springs that guaranteed the water supply. The settlement existet till the Greek period. Then there are no finds till arab tribes settled here in the 9th or 10th century AC until the Portugese came.
The sudden vanishing of the city might be related to the collapse of a large grotto underneath the city. The crater can still be seen today. Is is also possible that ancient sources do not refer to UBAR as a city but as a region and this site is only one of several in a fertile area.
End of archaeological summary

Iram of the Pillars is an Arab city was Mfetodp by the desperate search for their detection has been one of the legends. Have been mentioned in the Koran, as stated in the Quran that its inhabitants were Arabs vanished from the tribe is back, and Some researchers stated that the king of this city was named Shaddad Ben is back where he wanted to establish the promised paradise on earth, and said that this king brother named very Ben is back.
But in the early years was discovered in 1998 the city of Iram of the Pillars in the Alcsr in the desert of Dhofar, and place of discovery away approximately 150 km north of Salalah and 80 km from the city of Thumrait. Stated the city and its residents toss back in the people of the Holy Qur'an in more than one verse, as in the verse: Iram of the Pillars * which were not produced as in the country * (Dawn :6-8).
The people who said their city is back and toss it in to put together from the Holy Quran was named as one of Prophet Hud (peace be upon him) and called the other name of home Ahqaf, and dozens of other verses which absorb eighteen Wall Al Quran.

The people who returned in the Holy Quran is the most news-grabbing outbursts United obsolete miraculous, because this nation have been eradicated completely wiped sand storm buried in an unusual .. and even filled in their tracks hid all traces of them from the face of the earth, and because it denied The vast majority of archeologists, historians, and a people who returned, and saw mentioned in the Koran, such as symbolic stories, to draw conclusions and lessons, but the book Vaattabrohm affect some of the myths that have no basis in history, and then came the archaeological discoveries of the eighties and nineties the twentieth century reveal toss) (city in the desert of the Empty Quarter in Dhofar 150 km north of Salalah, southern Oman and prove the truth of the Koran at all what it says about the people


In the interpretation of the Helms (Aad) in the Qur'an active numbers of commentators and geographers, historians and genealogists Muslims, such as al-Tabari and Suyuti, the Caspian and Hamdani and Sapphire Hamwi, and Masoudi in the detection of the fact that these people admitted they were from the (Arab extinct), a term includes many of the nations that ceased to exist before the coming of Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him hundreds of years, including those who returned, and Thamood, hair and many others , and learned from the verses of the Koran that those who returned were housing Balohakav (collection of any Hakv: sand italics), part of the south-east of the Empty Quarter between the Hadhramaut in the south, and the Empty Quarter to the north, and Oman in the east , which is currently Dhofar, as they learned from the Koran that the prophet was Prophet Hud (peace be upon him), and that after the destruction of the unbelievers of his people living Prophet Hood until his death the land of Hadramaut where he was buried near the (Valley Brhot) to the east of the city of Tarim. As for the (Iram of the Pillars) was mentioned by Al-Hamdani (d. 334 AH / 946 CE) and Sapphire Hamwi (d. 627 AH / 1229 AD) it was to build Shaddad bin returned Anst (ie: embedded with sand), they do not know now, though the myths have arisen around

In January 1991 began excavations in the region identified by satellite images and the current name Alcsr and continued until early 1998 and has announced that the discovery of Castle octagonal towers, thick walls in the corners are built on huge pillars that rise up to 9 meters in diameter and 3 m may be is described by the Koran. * 17.02.1992 m in Time magazine (Time) article entitled America (Arabia, p. sLostSandCastleByRichardOstling ) indicating detection toss.

M * on 10/04/1992 wrote an article entitled discover the city of Iram of the Pillars publication Al-Ahram newspaper Cairene summarizing the findings of the disclosure to date. * In the year 1993 publication of his book entitled Bill Harris (BillHarris: LostCivilizations)

M * on 04/23/1998 deployment (NicholasClapp) book entitled TheRoadtoUbar: * m on 06/14/1999 deployment Pico Iyer (PicoIyer) book entitled (FallingoffTheMap: SomeLonelyPlacesinTheWorld)

Continued from books, brochures and web sites on the international information online since that date, all of the published confirm the Qur'an ordains for those who returned their city Iram of the Pillars as:

(1) they were a great blessing from God, but they did not Boutroha Ihkuroha Pliny described the great civilization that it had not been near it in its time another civilization like a translation of the operative part of the verse (which was not created as in the country).

(2) that this civilization was covered with sand storm is unusual foregoing reference to the Koran.

(3) there are desperately wants the Jews to falsify the history of the region and the proportion of each civilization to discover the fake history, and so this was to keep silent on the results of detection even be told what the world may Zivoh, including the attempt to change the name ( toss) to the name H is Ubar (Ubar)

The mention of that toss in some ancient clay tablets of the city of Ebla in Syria, as mentioned Iram of the Pillars and the king Shaddad night the 277 and 279 of the night Stories Thousand and One Nights.

Mystery of the lost city:

And is the city «toss» mentioned in the Holy Qur'an says: (Have you not seen how thy Lord dealt with Aad Iram of the Pillars) is described by the Qur'an as: (which were not produced as in the country) and books say the explanation, and gazetteers of countries from this city a lot of novels, contain exaggerations Many bone that city and luxury (see, for example: Rawd Almttar in the News-country: p. 2224) Ibn Katheer said in his Tafseer; 4 / 508: «All of this superstition Israelis» remains after excluding the exaggerations of narrators dramatize retribution it is a great city), built Shaddad Ben is back in the desert south, and make the precious and dear in the construction committee to be in the ground, so to speak ..

The Lawrence of Arabia, the first of a dream to locate the lost city, and was named «Otlentis Sahara» them, but died before he achieves his dream, and was followed by others from the travelers who set off on missions, counter-productive in 1947 and 1953, including Rahali British «Bertram Thomas B. Thomas »which was based during the expedition to the words of the Bedouin who provided him with a number of instructions to find their way to« Ubar »but was never able to find it.

In the early eighties began to look serious when you signed up in the hands of filmmaker documentary American «Nicholas dogs N. Clapp» a number of Cghafooa the discovery of the city notes by Thomas in 1932, and included a biography and a scientific reports on the effects of the Arabian Peninsula, where supported by the evidence points to the existence of older road to «Ubar», in addition to the collection «Dogs» more information on the subject of references and documents contain the names of 600 geographical historian and world traveler and confirmed the existence of «Ubar».

As a result of this effort, the theoretical decided «Dogs» written by a team research mission starting on a mission for three months to solve the lost city, which brought together the team, the lawyer «George Hedges G. Hedges» responsible for collecting money and donations to finance the mission and organization of its affairs, and two in the affairs of the Arabian Peninsula, two prominent archaeologist «Juris Zarranz J. Zarins» who took the analysis of information available, and Sir «Ranulph Fiennes R. Fiennes» who was among the units of the British military, which helped the Army of Oman in 1968, was on the considerable expertise in the area.

Mission obtained the personal support of Sultan Qaboos, who seemed very euphoric of the matter and the Omani Ministry of Heritage, which adopted the idea and made the mission all the help and care, as well as the International Bank of Oman and Oman Oil Company.

It is noteworthy that the oldest of geographical indications to «Ubar» contained in the geographical map is old and geographical situation of Alexandria «Claudius Ptolemy C. Ptolamy» He referred to the presence in the area on the outskirts of the Empty Quarter, currently, is a desert untapped and overcome risky, was the first visit to the Mission for this the restricted area in 1990, but it soon departed for fear of falling in peril

The process of serious search began in November 1991 and in early 1992, after he said «Dogs» began to feel that failure was the mission's decision to prospecting in the «Scar» in the «Dhofar», and the results are encouraging, especially after the support of the drilling process using special radar penetrates the sandy soil in the ground.

The «Dogs» Before that, precisely in 1984 had been requested of two worlds in the U.S. space agency «NASA» survey of the Arabian peninsula by radar imaging space installed on the space shuttle «Challenger» After comparing the images the shuttle with the images sent by satellites are set «Spot Spot »French, and« Landsat Landsat », became in the hands of the mission map unique to the Empty Quarter, indicating the caravan routes and old groundwater reservoirs and the ancient river courses and valleys, all areas was very difficult to see with the naked eye, but they have emerged and are clear thanks to the imaging technology space.

Has shown this map, and there is a way for convoys buried under the sand dunes which reach a height of 183 m, and with this information, the Mission decided to drill near the intersection point of the caravan route with an old water reservoir revealed by satellite images, and here was the amazing discoveries .. Octagonal fortress, with towers and high walls reach a height of 10 meters, and includes a number of storage rooms and accommodation .. There were legendary city «Ubar>>